St. Margaretha (Heimbach-Weis)

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St. Margarethen Church Heimbach-Weis
Aerial photograph (2015)

The parish church of St. Margareta in the Neuwied district of Heimbach-Weis in Rhineland-Palatinate was built from 1771 to 1772 in Gothic forms. This church replaced a previous building built around 1569, which suggests origins in the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church belongs to the dean's office Rhein-Wied in the diocese of Trier .

history

The existence of a parish is attested by the mention of a parish Heimbach with the villages of Weis and Gladbach around 1200 . When the first church in Heimbach was built is unknown. The Heimbach church, like the Rommersdorf Abbey founded in 1117 , was donated by the Lords of Rumerdorp , who later called themselves von Isenburg . The patronage was with the Lords of Isenburg until the middle of the 14th century. In the armed conflict between the Trier Elector Baldwin and Gerlach von Isenburg , Heimbach and the church were destroyed. Under pressure from Archbishop Balduin , Gerlach von Isenburg gave the patronage of the Heimbach parish to the Rommersdorf Abbey in 1351. The right of patronage went to Kurtrier in 1570 .

After a major fire in 1569, in which almost all of Heimbach burned down and “all the bells melted” in the church, a “new church” was built roughly on the site of the burnt down one. After more than 200 years, around 1770, this church was too small for the community and probably damaged. In a document from the Rommersdorf Abbey it was reported that only half of the 1564 souls could be accommodated in it and that the church was “completely open to rain and wind”. Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff of Trier approved the abandonment of the old church and the construction of a new one. The walls of the church tower were preserved and were included in the new building. The old nave was replaced by a new hall building. The church was completed in 1771 and consecrated on January 5, 1772 by Abbot Werner Diepram von Rommersdorf.

As early as 1820 thought was given to expanding the church because the parish had grown to 2000 souls. It was not until 1891 that the two side aisles could be added and finished in 1896.

After destruction in the Second World War, the interior of the church was covered flat in 1963.

Construction and equipment

Building description

The church is dominated by a Gothic, square tower from the Middle Ages with three undivided floors. The unusually strong stone walls of the house, up to two meters thick, suggest that an original keep could still be used. The tower has a steep, eight-sided, lightly screwed helmet. The three bells were cast in 1575 by the Cologne bell caster Dietrich. In the largest bell, which is dedicated to St. Margaretha and had to be re-cast in 1581, the history of the new building of the church is described in an extensive inscription. The hall building with a 5/8 choir extension was built according to a design by Johannes Seiz in 1772. In 1963 flat ceilings were drawn into the side aisles from 1891 and the central nave.

Furnishing

The high altar is a reconstruction of the baroque by Johannes Seiz, from which the triumphal arch, the three female saints and some angels have been preserved. The communion bench and pulpit also come from this equipment. A bust of St. Margaretha comes from the 18th century, the late Gothic stone cross (approx. 1480) from the environment of Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden from the "monk's cemetery" at Rommersdorf Abbey.

The organ was created in 1744 by the organ builder Johann Michael Stumm for the Rommersdorf Abbey. After the dissolution of the Rommersdorf Abbey due to secularization , the organ was transferred to the Heimbach parish church in 1809.

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments - Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .
  • District Neuwied (Hrsg.): Heimat-Jahrbuch 1972 district Neuwied

Web links

Commons : St. Margaretha (Heimbach-Weis)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '2.7 "  N , 7 ° 32" 18.6 "  E